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SoundTrack_Cologne 17 Announces Nominees for the EUROPEAN TALENT COMPETITION and PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD

Sixteen composers and sound designers are nominated for the EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD.

Seven film composers enter the race for the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD. The winners will be announced at the grand award ceremony on August 22nd, 2020, moderated by Ill-Yong Kim.

The EUROPEAN TALENT COMPETITION offers a platform especially for young talent. The participants‘ tasks was to compose a new musical interpretation (score and/or sound design) to the short film DANS LES BOIS.

The competition screening takes place on Saturday, August 22nd, 2020. The nominees and their new scores for DANS LES BOIS will be presented on the big screen to the audience and jury, moderated by Yati Durant.

The winner of the WDR FILMSCORE AWARD has the opportunity to record his composition with the WDR Funkhausorchester. The WDR FILMSCORE AWARD will be presented in cooperation with WDR and WDR Funkhausorchester. The awarded prize of the EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD SOUND DESIGN is a 5.1 Surround Short Mix in the prestigious sound mixing studio TORUS in Cologne, which has donated this award.

The PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD will be awarded for the twelfth time. Films scores with innovative and dramatically coherent use of music and sound in relation to the narrative will be honored. The award commemorates the great German film composer Peer Raben, whose estate donated the prize money of 1,500 euros.

The competition screening takes place on Saturday, August 22nd, 2020. The nominees and their films will be presented to audience and jury by composer André Feldhaus.